Journal article
Anticonvulsant drug use and low bone mass in adults with neurodevelopmental disorders
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Use of anticonvulsant drugs among adults with neurodevelopmental disorders may be an important risk factor for both osteoporosis and skeletal fractures.
AIM: To determine the relationship between anticonvulsant drug use and both low bone mass and bone fractures in such adults.
Authors
Ray JG; Papaioannou A; Ioannidis G; Adachi JD
Journal
QJM, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 219–223
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 1, 2002
DOI
10.1093/qjmed/95.4.219
ISSN
1460-2725